First Reverend Brown comes and they feel a little threatened. Once they realize how nice he is they ease up a bit. They think he is really nice and he even wants to learn about their culture. However, when he falls ill Reverend Smith takes his place. Reverend Smith is a jerk, but since they liked Brown so much they thought they would give him a chance. Smith however doesn't feel the same. He doesn't care about their way of life. When they learn about Christianity they don't understand it. They think it's the weirdest thing ever. They don't get how there can only be one god but three parts to that one god (holy trinity). They think it is stupid that you can't beat your wife and children. Some people, like the osu, like it. The osu like it because in Christianity they will except you no matter what. This way no one feels like an outcast. Some people convert for those reasons and find hope in this new religion. Others, like Okonkwo, think it is obsured. They want to fight but when the person who kills the python gets sick they realize the gods can take care of themselves. Also, they put them in the forest, but even after the regular 28 days nothing happened to them. They found it bizzare. Once things got going it was pretty good between the two. Okonkwo on the other hand is never excepting of the white people. Okonkwo learns a little too late that the main goal is not to get rid of them, this misunderstanding leads to his suicide attempt. All the British want to do is convert them because they think their way of life now is unexceptable. They view them all as savages. This causes a lot of conflict, but never anything too serious like war (against what Okonkwo wanted).

Okonkwo ignores the "female" virtues because he never shows emotion. He never acts like he cares because he think if he cares he will be weak. The one part that stands out to me is when he kills Ikemefuna. People tell him that he doesn't have to because of his strong bond with Ikemefuna, but he does anyway. Ikemefuna takes comfort in the fact that Okonkwo is there because he thinks that Okonkwo won't let anything happen to him. Even more than just having a part in the killing he does the actual killing. He beats his wives and kids all the time, he even tried to shoot his wife. When he heard of the man who acutally loved his wife he thought it was so weird and he thought the man was weak. He is rude and full of himself. He thinks the most important thing about people is being strong and manly. When his son isn't manly enough he beats him. The whole book is filled with stories of him trying to be manly and he thinks manly is completely opposite of the female virtues. This affects his life because one, he lives with the guilt of killig his son, and he can't show emotion. He holds everything inside and that's not good. A lot of people fear him because he is such a jerk.

I think Okonkwo is a jerk. He beats his wife and kids, tries to shoot one of his wives, and kills one of his kids. He tries not to seem so weak, but he just seems like a heartless idiot. I actually thought it was funny when he tried to kill his wife and missed. The only reason I thought it was so funny was because he was trying to act all manly then he missed making himself look like a fool. I get where he's coming from since his dad was basically a nobody. Also, it makes it a little better knowing that's what they expect in their culture. But still, he is just awful. Even when his kid had to die they told him he shouldn't have any part in it, but he did anyway. That's just ridiculous because his son found comfort in the fact that his father was there, but he killed him trying to be a man. He doesn't want to look weak, but he is being weak by being influnced by everyone. Okonkwo is just a heartless jerk.